Exposure to natural fluoride in well water and hip fracture: A cohort analysis in Finland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 817-824

  Kurttio, Päivi ^a   Gustavsson, Nils ^b   Vartiainen, Terttu ^c   Pekkanen, Juha ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Hip fractures; Rural population; Water; Water pollutants

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; INJURY; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

FINLAND;

EID: 0033570203     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010086     Document Type: Article

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